Service Learning: Week #2

I really enjoyed this second trip out to the girl scout camp. I was informed that we were going to be able to help start and maintain a controlled burn. For the first step of the process, I had to make sure the fire barrier was clearly cultivated into the dirt, with little to no dead plant remnants to spread the fire to the unprescribed area. After doing this, me, being a huge pyromaniac, along with three other volunteers got to help set the fire line with the fire can, which is a canteen filled with flammable liquid to literally pour the fire. We had the greatest time seeing this fire catch all of the palmettos, which grow back easily due to their root base being buried deep in the dirt. Seeing the remaining invasive plant stumps become reduced to embers was such a neat feeling.